Dr. Mengliang Zhang

Associate Professor

Dr. Mengliang Zhang
(615) 904-8439
Room 3155, Science Building (SCI)
MTSU Box 68, Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Degree Information

  • PHD, Ohio University (2015)
  • MS, Jilin University (2010)
  • BS, Jilin University (2007)

Areas of Expertise

Instrumental analysis, chemometrics, forensic chemistry, environmental analysis, food analysis

Publications

* denotes the corresponding author

2020

[10] Sun, J.; Janisiewicz, W.; Takeda, F.; Evans, B.; Jurick II, W.; Zhang, M.; Yu,...

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* denotes the corresponding author

2020

[10] Sun, J.; Janisiewicz, W.; Takeda, F.; Evans, B.; Jurick II, W.; Zhang, M.; Yu, L.; Chen, P. Effect of Nighttime UV-C Irradiation of Strawberry Plants on Phenolic Content of Fruit: Targeted and Non-targeted Metabolomic Analysis. Journal of Berry Research, 2020, 1-16.

[9] Frazier, J.; Benefield, V.; Zhang, M.*, Practical Investigation of Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry for Fast Screening of Explosives. Forensic Chemistry, 2020, 18, 100233.

[8] Liang, J.; Frazier, J.; Benefield, V.; Chong, N; Zhang, M.*, Forensic Fiber Analysis by Thermal Desorption/Pyrolysis-Direct Analysis in Real Time-Mass Spectrometry (TD/Py-DART-MS). Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 92, 2, 1925-1933.

2019

[7] Dong, W.; Liang, J.; Barnett, I.; Kline, P.; Altman, E.; Zhang, M.* The Classification of Cannabis Hemp Cultivars by Thermal Desorption Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (TD-DART-MS) with Chemometrics. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 2019, 411, 8133-8142.

[6] Liang, J.; Chen, L.; Guo Y.H.; Zhang, M.; Gao Y. Simultaneous Determination and Analysis of Major Ginsenosides in Wild American Ginseng Grown in Tennessee. Chem. Biodiversity. 2019 Jul;16(7):e1900203. (Cover Picture)

[5] Barnett, I.; Bailey, F; Zhang, M.*, Detection and Classification of Ignitable Liquid Residues in the Presence of Matrix Interferences by Using Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2019, 64, 1486-1494. DOI:10.1111/1556-4029.14029

2018

[4] Sun J.; Zhang, M.; Kubzdela N.; Luo Y.; Harnly JM; Chen P., Determination of Variance of Secondary Metabolites in Lettuces Grown Under Different Light Sources by Flow Injection Mass Spectrometric (FIMS) Fingerprinting and ANOVA–PCA. Journal of Analysis and Testing, 2018, 2(4), 312-321.

[3] Barnett, I.; Zhang, M.*, Discrimination of Brands of Gasoline by Using DART-MS and Chemometrics. Forensic Chemistry. 2018, 10, 58-66.

[2] Sun, J.; Liu, W.; Zhang, M.; Geng, P.; Shan, Y.; Li, G.; Zhao, Y.; Chen, P., The Analysis of Phenolic compounds in Daylily using UHPLC-HRMSn and Evaluation of Drying Processing Method by Fingerprinting and Metabolomic Approaches. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 2018, 42:e13325.

[1] Chen, L; Wei, Y.; Zhao, S; Zhang, M.; Yan, X.; Gao, X.; Li, J.; Gao, Y.; Zhang, A.; Gao, Y., Antitumor and immunomodulatory activities of total flavonoids extract from persimmon leaves in H22 liver tumor-bearing mice. Scientific Report, 2018, 8:10523.

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Awards

2016                      John A. Milner Fellow by BHNRC, USDA and ODS, NIH.

2014                      Tomas A. Hirschfeld Scholar Award from Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) 2014 SciX.

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2016                      John A. Milner Fellow by BHNRC, USDA and ODS, NIH.

2014                      Tomas A. Hirschfeld Scholar Award from Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) 2014 SciX.

2014                      1st place Award for Sigma Xi Section in 2014 Ohio University Student Expo.

2013                      Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio University, US. 

2010                      Outstanding Master Student Award, College of Life Science, Jilin University, China. 

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Creative Activity

We are looking for motivated undergraduate and graduate students to join us!

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Courses

Quantitative Analysis (CHEM 2230/2231)

Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science (FSCH 4230/4231)

Experimental Techniques in Molecular Biosciences (MOBI 7105)